Grief counsellor Sarah Roberts is involuntarily childless. She started ‘The Empty Cradle’ when she found little support for those in her situation.
Author Steph Penny was prompted to write a book after friends and people from her church started asking about when she would be having kids.
A memoir on spinsterhood unveils a life without the common family structure and reflects on a society that inherently alienates the single and childless.
People with broken dreams like involuntary childlessness hunger for hope and deep community. And there is much still to do to help them find it.
With International Men’s Day just passed, perhaps breaking this taboo will be the next stage of progress in men’s health.